CVE-2026-79813CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-79813

Medium · published October 7, 2026

CVSS v3.1
6.7
EPSS
0%
Percentile
0.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

A local privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the ClearPass client software. Successful exploitation could allow a low-privileged local user to execute commands with elevated privileges on the affected system, if certain conditions outside of the attacker's control are met.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
6.7 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00083 · 0.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-10-07T00:17Z
References (1)
https://support.hpe.com/hpesc/public/docDisplay?docId=hpesbnw05158en_us&docLocale=en_US · [email protected]
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 08 OCT 03:33Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 06 OCT 19:17Z
    Local Privilege Escalation in ClearPass Client Software
    cvelistv5